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Social workers can take on greater leadership roles in the reform of Medicaid, which covers 73 million Americans. In order for them to do so, we must be able to articulate what social workers can contribute to Medicaid reform at all levels. Contributions from social workers can include identifying gaps in service delivery and value.

This presentation discusses the potential for implementing a "health home" approach in providing health care behind bars that involves a coordinated, team effort by clinicians and others to provide care to individuals who may have multiple chronic medical conditions and substance abuse issues.

This presentation for the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors explores the ways public health departments can use electronic health record (EHR) or health information (HIE) exchange data for Hepatitis C surveillance, prevention and management.

Researchers found that members of the Massachusetts Medicaid program, MassHealth, had low levels of medication adherence when prescribed progesterone to prevent pre-term birth. This finding is in line with previous studies that revealed progesterone adherence rates are typically low. The study suggests there may be barriers to adherence for pregnant women who are prescribed progesterone, and concludes that support may increase adherence rates.

President Donald Trump on Oct. 26 declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency. Many who can’t get treatment for addiction end up behind bars.A blog on The Huffington Post from Julie White of the Health and Criminal Justice Program discusses removing an antiquated Medicaid exclusion related to inpatient addiction treatment.

This toolkit for the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors provides a list of diagnosis, procedure, and prescription drug codes to help health departments develop claims data queries to monitor Hepatitis C testing, identify individuals diagnosed with the disease, and examine their services and treatment utilization.

This article shares the results of a telephonic survey of the MassHealth smoking population before and after tobacco cessation treatment began being covered under insurance. The surveys found a significant decrease in the smoking rate.

An overview of the consequences states, particlarly Massachusetts, would face if Congress fails to extend funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) released by the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation in partnership with the Health Law & Policy team at UMass Medical School.

A chart pack produced by the Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute (MMPI), a program of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, in partnership with the Health Law & Policy team at UMass Medical School. This chart pack details enrollment in MassHealth, the state Medicaid program, as of May 2017 and spending data from state fiscal year 2016.

The National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities (NASUAD) has identified the MassOptions free online and helpline service as a “promising practice” in a set of Technology in Practice profiles. MassOptions was launched in 2015 by UMass Medical School, UHealthSolutions and the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs.

This poster highlights the results of a UMass Medical School partnership with MassHealth, the Massachusetts Medicaid program, to integrate third party liability activities across all aspects of the Medicaid program.

This presentation describes a process states may follow to evaluate the feasibility of using its assessment data — through the Minimum Data Set Home Care tool — to measure quality outcomes for older adults and people with disabilities who live in the community.

Direct care workforce shortages, increasing health care costs, and limited access to services force many families to make life-changing decisions to care for family members with long term disabilities, or who are chronically ill at home. This technical report features an analysis of current Massachusetts state policies and programs for respite services.

Republican-led health reform has arisen once again and could very well pass after July 4. In STAT, our health policy analyst Rachel Gershon describes why the Senate health care bill would make the individual health insurance market

less equitable and affordable, causing approximately 22 million people to lose coverage.